CGS 2v2 Tournament

This Saturday, December 8th, the CGS 2v2 Tournament will be played in California with a $30,000 first place prize. The games are starting at 9 AM PST, and will be streaming live at http://www.thecgs.com. Here are the round one matchups:

Sadly I watched a few of these games at Blizzcon and they are boring as shit. Most of the matches were pally/lock mirrors since that was the popular comp at the time. It's just this constant drain/los/banish/dot battle and the only SEMI-exciting one was watching all these clicker warlock/pally teams get wrecked by DnT's warrior.

[quote name='frst']Sadly I watched a few of these games at Blizzcon and they are boring as shit. Most of the matches were pally/lock mirrors since that was the popular comp at the time. It's just this constant drain/los/banish/dot battle and the only SEMI-exciting one was watching all these clicker warlock/pally teams get wrecked by DnT's warrior.

CGS is dumb, 2v2 dumb, and I'm bias as fuck because I'm a mage.[/QUOTE]

Pally/Lock is very slow but it is very strategic, it's 7-10 minutes of wearing out the opposing team and preventing banishes, pet dying, and strategic CC to outlast the other team.

It's not your typical burst set-up and it may seem "boring" but the strategy factor is there.

[quote name='Shadowborne']Pally/Lock is very slow but it is very strategic, it's 7-10 minutes of wearing out the opposing team and preventing banishes, pet dying, and strategic CC to outlast the other team.

It's not your typical burst set-up and it may seem "boring" but the strategy factor is there.[/QUOTE]

It was mainly just really painful because 75% of the teams were clicking almost every spell/party member. It was just a testament to the abundance of skill, execution, and reaction time that goes into playing warlock/paladin.

[quote name='frst']It was mainly just really painful because 75% of the teams were clicking almost every spell/party member. It was just a testament to the abundance of skill, execution, and reaction time that goes into playing warlock/paladin.[/QUOTE]

Have you ever thought maybe it takes more skill to click? Or maybe some people were just used to playing other games like that so its easier for them? I move with my arrow keys and I click all my spells, so wut it is?

[quote name='Zuin']Have you ever thought maybe it takes more skill to click? Or maybe some people were just used to playing other games like that so its easier for them? I move with my arrow keys and I click all my spells, so wut it is?[/QUOTE]

Fact is, it's less efficient and takes longer to do anything by clicking. Keyboard turning just gets you raped. Try playing a mage, against a rogue, and click all your spells. Warlocks are hard to play, that's why clickers get glad, amirite?

What is interesting is that they plan to have each round 1 hour after the previous. I could easily see any one of those matches turning into a stalemate. Does anyone know anything about the format? Is it considered a tie after a certain amount of time?

[quote name='frst']Fact is, it's less efficient and takes longer to do anything by clicking. Keyboard turning just gets you raped. Try playing a mage, against a rogue, and click all your spells. Warlocks are hard to play, that's why clickers get glad, amirite?[/QUOTE]